Private nonprofit · Community college

Herzing University-Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate
$19,651
Avg net price
13%
Grad / completion
$36,909
Median earnings

Herzing University-Birmingham is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Birmingham, Alabama (large suburb setting), enrolling 442 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitSmall · 442 undergradsLarge suburbAccessible · 93% admit

About Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. The Birmingham area was historically part of the territory of the Muscogee Confederacy. Birmingham is the cultural and entertainment capital of Alabama with numerous art galleries in the area including the Birmingham Museum of Art, the largest art museum in the Southeast. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
To the ocean
198 miles
Nearest airport
8 miles to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth (BHM) · major hub

How Herzing University-Birmingham compares

Selectivity93.3%

More selective than 32% · #1 most selective of 2 in Alabama

Graduation rate13%

Higher than 2% · #40 of 41 in Alabama

First-year retention67%

Higher than 37%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$36,909

Higher than 56% · #7 of 33 in Alabama

Average net price$19,651

Cheaper than 34% · #33 cheapest of 38 in Alabama

Median debt at graduation$21,500

Lower than 4%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment442

Larger than 60%

Percentiles compare Herzing University-Birmingham with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Alabama.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

444students
  • Undergraduate442100%
  • Graduate20%

Undergraduates by gender

442undergrads
  • Women36081%
  • Men8219%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White18%
  • Black73%
  • Hispanic2.0%
  • Asian0.7%
  • Other or multiracial6.6%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
442
Graduate enrollment
2
Student–faculty ratio
14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
68%
First-generation students
52%
Students over 25
80%
Median family income
$18,321
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$64,503

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
$13,450
Room & board
Total cost of attendance
$27,750
Average net price
$19,651

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Admissions

Admission rate
93.3%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
13%
Graduated on time (4 years)
25%
First-year retention
67%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$35,295
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$36,909
Median debt at graduation
$21,500
Students with federal loans
80%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
25%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
25%
Low-income (Pell)
31%
First-generation
33%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
Free

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (444 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$19,913
$30–48k
$17,909
$48–75k
$20,097
$75–110k
$110k+

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$80,388

$20,097/year × about 4.0 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$36,909
Typical debt at graduation
$21,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
58%
Out-earn a HS grad
50%

Typical debt would take roughly 5.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$35,601
Men
$43,307

Men out-earn women by $7,706 (22%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
91°F
Winter low
35°F
Annual rain
56.6″
Annual snow
1.4″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°70°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.95.7JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Birmingham AP, AL US station (8.4 mi from campus).

What Herzing University-Birmingham graduates study — and earn

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.